Death toll rises to 54 as Quebec heat wave ends

[Meatpie]

Quebec health officials say there are now at least 54 reported deaths that have been linked to a heat wave that blanketed the province over the last few days.

Twenty-eight of those deaths are in Montreal.

Public health director Horacio Arruda pointed out most of those who died were members of vulnerable communities, such as people who lived alone or lived with chronic or mental illness.
They were mostly men aged between 53 and 85; none of them had air conditioning in their homes.

 

[alexonedeath]

The heat is so unusual in those northerly latitudes that inhabitants don't know what to do. They fail to keep hydrated and then they drop dead.